“This is Eagle Five calling Eagle Three. Do you read me?” There was no response. Seated in the starboard chair of the command...
By Andrew ClementsAugust 19, 2022September 13th 1999 was, as Space:1999 itself reminded us during the opening titles of its first season, the date on which the Moon...
By Chris DaleJuly 24, 2022As we’ve discussed previously, UFO was a big hit with Italian cinemagoers from 1973 onwards, in the form of five compilation feature films....
By Chris DaleJuly 14, 2022The majority of the Anderson shows to feature family units often (although certainly not always) spotlighted the father – be it Jeff Tracy,...
By Chris DaleJune 19, 2022Shane Rimmer was born Shane Lance Deacon in Toronto Canada on May 28th 1929. As a young man he got his start as...
By Chris DaleMay 29, 2022Many voice artists who leant their voices to the shows of Supermarionation also appeared later on down the line in the live action...
By Chris DaleMay 25, 2022There are some stories of accidents or larger than expected explosions on Gerry Anderson productions, and on one episode of Space:1999 a fire went...
By Chris DaleMay 18, 2022The first episode of Space:1999‘s second season received a special fall preview on at least three American television stations in August 1976, ahead...
By Chris DaleFebruary 22, 2022Continued from Year One… The second season of Space:1999 saw Moonbase Alpha become a noticeably safer environment to live and work in than...
By Chris DaleFebruary 15, 2022Space:1999 was one of the more memorably scary Anderson shows (at least in its first season), and many of these scares came from...
By Chris DaleFebruary 12, 2022